Eric Junge vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Eric Junge
Gen XNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Eric Junge as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eric Junge posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.21 and WHIP 1.230 compared to 3.89 and 1.286 for Michael Wacha. By the career numbers, Eric Junge had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eric Junge and Michael Wacha

Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.61
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.41
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.68
59.68
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
8.41
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.66
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
7.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.08
7.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.082
1.082
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
37.18
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.66
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.75
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
33.64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.18
37.18
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Eric Junge and Michael Wacha

Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.66
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.77
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.77
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.64
97.64
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Junge and Michael Wacha

Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100